Nubank

Tech Lead Software Engineer

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2 months ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$168k - $210k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction for multiple teams and align initiatives with business areas and architecture strategies.
  • Design and deliver resilient, flexible, and scalable solutions for distributed systems serving large user populations.
  • Mentor engineers across teams and maintain a high technical standard across the organization.
  • Write, test, instrument, document, and maintain software; participate in pairing and code reviews.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders to build new customer experiences.
  • Ensure observability, performance monitoring, and error handling across team services.
  • Participate in on-call rotations and respond to incidents.
  • Focus primarily on backend applications while contributing to mobile and frontend development when business needs require it.

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of experience developing digital products in complex environments.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud technologies.
  • Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale systems serving thousands or millions of users.
  • Strong background in object-oriented or functional programming languages and ability to work across multiple languages.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives across multiple teams without direct authority.
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and raising the technical bar across organizations.
  • Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies and previous CI/CD experience.
  • Strong communication skills for explaining trade-offs and preventing risks with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Advanced English skills.

Benefits

  • Health insurance.
  • Life insurance.
  • Pension plan.
  • Extended maternity and paternity leave.
  • Nucleo learning platform and courses.
  • NuLanguage language learning program.
  • NuCare mental health and wellness assistance program.
  • Vacations.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBApache KafkaAWSClojureKubernetesPrometheus

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About Nubank

5,001-10,000 employees

Nu is one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, serving 135 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. The company has been leading an industry transformation by leveraging data and proprietary technology to develop innovative products and services. Guided by its mission to fight complexity and empower people, Nu caters to customers’ complete financial journey, promoting financial access and advancement with responsible lending and transparency. The company is powered by an efficient and scalable business model that combines low cost to serve with growing returns. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwwzcXK2PUo

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